VANDALIA, Ohio, Nov. 16, 2018 – Inteva Products, a leading global Tier One automotive supplier of engineered components and systems, today announced that it will be making a multi-million dollar investment and creating additional jobs to support its Interior Systems research & development (R&D) initiatives in Ohio.

This investment will take place over the next few years to sustain the company’s growth plans at its technical center in Vandalia, Ohio. The investment is supplemented by a performance-based JobsOhio R&D Center grant of $3 million plus grants of $70,000 and $50,000 from Montgomery County, Ohio and the City of Vandalia respectively.

“We are pleased that we can continue to grow and invest in our technology capabilities in Ohio,” said Marco Vom Wege, executive director, Interior Systems, Inteva. “This investment will allow us to expand our in-house lab, tooling, and equipment build capabilities, increase our local workforce and invest in new processing and robotic technologies. We are grateful to JobsOhio, Montgomery County and the City of Vandalia for their support.”

All of the new jobs will be located at Inteva’s facility in Vandalia. The technical center conducts R&D on vehicle Interiors Systems to include instrument panels, door trim, floor consoles, InteatherTM interior surface materials, InStitchTM stitching technologies, and other interior components. Inteva provides Interior System offerings across all automotive and commercial truck vehicle segments. Inteva opened the facility in 2011 and expanded the site in 2016. Additional capacity and facility upgrades are planned as part of the investment.